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The Summer Wives: A Novel

BEATRIZ WILLIAMS · William Morrow
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season - an electrifying postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of an island off the New England coast . . .In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite,...
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Open Mic Night in Moscow: And Other Stories from My Search for Black Markets, Soviet Architecture, and Emotionally Unavailable Russian Men

AUDREY MURRAY · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia...
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From the Corner of the Oval

REBECCA DOREY-STEIN · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world. In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist...
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The Fifth to Die

J D BARKER · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer. A 4MK Thriller Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey...
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The Banker's Wife

Cristina Alger · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Immersive, satisfying, tense--and timely: This is probably happening for real right now."--Lee ChildOn an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered...
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A Terrible Country: A Novel

KEITH GESSEN · Viking
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"A cause for celebration: big-hearted, witty, warm, compulsively readable, earnest, funny, full of that kind of joyful sadness I associate with Russia and its writers." - George Saunders, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the BardoA literary triumph about Russia,...
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The Good Fight: A Novel

DANIELLE STEEL · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping chronicle of a young woman discovering a passion for justice and of the unsung heroes she encounters on her quest to fight the good fight. The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan...
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Caged

Ellison Cooper · Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

Caged is a thriller audiobook debut from breakout author Ellison CooperFBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair hunts for evil in the deepest recesses of the human mind. Still reeling from the death of her fiancé, she wants nothing more than to focus on her research into the brains of serial killers....
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Paradox

CATHERINE COULTER · Gallery Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The next chilling thriller in the New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series.
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The Shortest Way Home: A Novel

Miriam Parker · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In her debut novel crackling with humor, heart, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Miriam Parker follows one woman's journey from Iowa to New York City to California wine country, to figure out what being true to oneself really means.After years of dreaming of and working toward...
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